Proteasome inhibitor bortezomib ameliorates intestinal injury in mice.

BACKGROUND: Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor that has shown impressive efficacy in the treatment of multiple myeloma. In mice, the addition of dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) to drinking water leads to acute colitis that can serve as an experimental animal model for human ulcerative colitis. METHOD...

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Main Authors: Koichi Yanaba, Yoshihide Asano, Yayoi Tada, Makoto Sugaya, Takafumi Kadono, Shinichi Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3316702?pdf=render